Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kʷos”
400 words across 55 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷos — including who, what, whose, whatever, somewhat, nice, summit, whatsoever.
See the etymology of kʷos itself →
English (206)
- who
- what
- whose
- whatever
- somewhat
- nice
- summit
- whatsoever
- whoever
- quasi
- WHO
- cue
- wo
- qua
- carrot
- whosoever
- quorum
- quia
- chakra
- woefully
- carotene
- woeful
- wat
- woful
- carotenoid
- whatnot
- caret
- summat
- quoad
- wofully
- pluperfect
- quomodo
- Quasimodo
- quatenus
- miscue
- carroty
- kyu
- quasiexperimental
- whatcha
- aliunde
- whosesoever
- quim
- cuer
- whatness
- curlicue
- quasijudicial
- quodque
- compt
- woa
- summitry
- Kalachakra
- quasireligious
- terawatt
- kutcha
- quasistationary
- whosever
- quasigeostrophic
- hackery
- quasigovernmental
- quasiclassical
- quasielastic
- autocue
- Chakrapani
- quasimilitary
- quasiscientific
- chukker
- chakravartin
- quasiequilibrium
- woefulness
- quasicontinuous
- dharmachakra
- quasilegal
- quasichemical
- quorate
- Chakradhar
- quasimonochromatic
- quasigovernment
- chakric
- quasineutral
- quasiharmonic
- quasicontinuum
- carotenemia
- quasihistorical
- quasigroup
- quasineutrality
- quasicontractual
- quasilikelihood
- quasinormal
- summital
- inquorate
- quasifission
- quasidemocratic
- quasicriminal
- quasirandom
- quasiprobability
- quasilocal
- presummit
- hypercarotenemia
- preterpluperfect
- chakram
- whateverism
- porket
- quasibound
- quasimolecular
- carotenogenic
- minisummit
- cuebid
- wofulness
- quasiballistic
- quasireversible
- who've
- quasispherical
- whatchacallit
- quasiconformal
- quasimathematical
- quasimomentum
- quasimonopolistic
- quasimonoenergetic
- quasihyperbolic
- pluperfectly
- quasiregular
- whath
- quasihole
- quasicircular
- carrotlike
- quasiparental
- summitless
- whatchoo
- quasihomogeneous
- quasiuniform
- quasilattice
- quasiconcavity
- quasitriangular
- quasistellar
- summiteer
- quasifree
- muchwhat
- apocarotenoid
- quasilinearity
- quasienergy
- quasistationarity
- quasimunicipal
- quasicubic
- quasidocumentary
- comptible
- who'da
- whateverness
- quasipornographic
- cueless
- quasiperfect
- anywhat
- quasimusical
- quasiproton
- quasisexual
- quasiperpendicular
- whosit
- quasipotential
- carotenol
- quasimodal
- quasisquare
- quasimetric
- quasidominant
- quasipsychotic
- ketocarotenoid
- quasisymmetric
- quasimiraculous
- quasizero
- quasilinguistic
- whateverist
- quasipolynomial
- chakral
- zeacarotene
- cuestick
- cueist
- quasiconvexity
- quasianalytic
- quasianalytical
- carrotwood
- whatth
- quasithermodynamic
- quasiidentity
- quasineutron
- quasisolid
- nowhat
- quasiminimal
- quasidiagonal
- plusquamperfect
- everwhat
- quasipositive
- quasirelativistic
- quasimode
- quasielectron
- quasisimple
- quasispin
- quasinumerical
- mostwhat
- quasireversibility
- quasielliptical
- quasilinearization
- quasidefinite
- quasiliterate
- carrotiness
- you-know-who
- quasi-
- carrot top
- whatevs